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First it was apples, now spuds - Aussie growers are going to extreme lengths to keep out Kiwi potatoes amid a plan to lift a 24-year ban.

Ausveg, an industry body representing Australia's 9000 vegetable growers, is fighting the biosecurity proposal that would allow fresh New Zealand potatoes to be exported across the ditch to be processed into potato chips.

Growers have refused to back down over the issue, including creating a video showing Julia Gillard as a child apparently forecasting the death of the industry if the plan goes ahead.

The video released by the organisation shows Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig and Trade Minister Craig Emerson as children playing Space Invaders against New Zealand potatoes.